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kathleen sebelius is back on capitol hill. another grilling. new information that really makes the issue of whether or not the problems are kbe fixed to the satisfaction of everybody involved. we will take you through that. >>> more. the dolphins bullying allegations. up to now it's a debate. is it bullying or not are they big boys now and treating the way you want to treat anybody else? how about whether or not a premise for the behavior to begin with? another layer of the controversy that goes to mr. ig cog knee tow number 68 of the pictures you see here. >>> a shocking case out of washington state. a 22-year-old turns himself in to police on a minor marijuana charge and he winds up dead in his cell. his family says surveillance video shows him pleading for help but getting none. we are going to bring you that story, obviously, high emotions on that case and all of that is coming up. >> i will be joining you for that shortly. >> the last time that zoraida and i anchored dotting it was a debacle. the entire studio board went down and we had to
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first it was a busy day on the hill where women many see as the face of obama failures kathleen sebelius was taking heated questions from senators, frustrated senators, democrats frustrated with the sheer breakdown of obamacare to the web site disaster to the embarrassing numbers enrolled. >> i am accountable to this committee and to the american public for getting the fixes in place. and we are committed to getting healthcare.gov fixed. >> you have been misleading the american people and the president has over and over again. i would rather you say we were wrong, yeah, we didn't know the truth. >> made a promise to fix a broken system and make sure all americans have affordable healthcare. you mad cdad secretary have to make good on that promise. >> in the last five weeks it has been a miserably frustrating experience for far too many americans. it is unacceptable and i am accountable. >> you said america should hold you accountable which is why today i repeat my request for you to resign. >> resign, we all know that ain't going to happen. accountability, please, the woman still has her
first it was a busy day on the hill where women many see as the face of obama failures kathleen sebelius was taking heated questions from senators, frustrated senators, democrats frustrated with the sheer breakdown of obamacare to the web site disaster to the embarrassing numbers enrolled. >> i am accountable to this committee and to the american public for getting the fixes in place. and we are committed to getting healthcare.gov fixed. >> you have been misleading the american...
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. >> kathleen sebelius is back on capitol hill. how long can a hot seat stay hot? >> obama care is a failure. >> when you look at what happened last night. >> republicans ha to work extra hard. >> were voters really sending a message? >> big questions remain. >> there is a lot to digest over this. >> the civil war within the republican party continues to rage. ♪ >>> the republican establishment is fighting back against the two party attempts to take over the republican party. and last night, the republican establishment won. >> i'll tell you it is a shame what happened to ken cuccinelli because -- he was betrayed bay his own party. >> in virginia, a weak democratic candidate beat a much weaker and crazy sounding tea party candidate, ken cuccinelli. today a disappointed rush limbaugh let his audience in on the dirty little secret of that campaign. >> shea didn't want him to win. this is the dirty little secret. not like it is a secret now. such is the animus towards the tea party. in the republican party establishment. that they are, i am telling you, they're perf
. >> kathleen sebelius is back on capitol hill. how long can a hot seat stay hot? >> obama care is a failure. >> when you look at what happened last night. >> republicans ha to work extra hard. >> were voters really sending a message? >> big questions remain. >> there is a lot to digest over this. >> the civil war within the republican party continues to rage. ♪ >>> the republican establishment is fighting back against the two party...
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. >> still have full confidence in kathleen sebelius? >> i think kathleen sebelius under tremendously difficult circumstances over the last four and a half years has done a great job in setting up the insurance markets. there's a good product out there for people to get. she wasn't our i.t. person. i think she'd be the first to admit that if we had to do it all over again, that there would have been a whole lot of questions asked in terms of how this thing was working. but my priority right now is to get it fixed. and ultimately -- >> is she still the right person to do it? >> ultimately the buck stops with me. i'm the president. this is my team. if it's not working, it's my job to get it fixed. >> to discuss the interview, joining me now are congressman emanuel cleaver and ryan grim from the "huffington post." >> good to be with you, reverend. >> congressman, the president says his job is to get it fixed. what's your reaction? >> i think the president set the right tone. he was not argument or backing away from responsibility. and i thi
. >> still have full confidence in kathleen sebelius? >> i think kathleen sebelius under tremendously difficult circumstances over the last four and a half years has done a great job in setting up the insurance markets. there's a good product out there for people to get. she wasn't our i.t. person. i think she'd be the first to admit that if we had to do it all over again, that there would have been a whole lot of questions asked in terms of how this thing was working. but my...
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. >> meanwhile, on capitol hill it was the senate's turn to question hhs secretary kathleen sebelius. >> this is unacceptable. it has been disappointing to hear members of administration say they didn't see the problems coming. >> as someone who has fought and bled for this and who sincerely thinks it's going to work in the long run, i want you to hold them account, bun their fingers and make them pay. >> this is a false statement made to the american people that this administration has consistently doubled down on and repeated time and time again. and the only thing i can conclude is that it's impossible to do something in this administration that gets you fired. it's impossible. >> let's turn to pole politics. martin walsh, one popular guy in boston and not even mayor-elect. former aide to ted kennedy. received a few unexpected calls of congratulations yesterday. one was from vice president joe biden who reportedly roared, you son of a gun, matter y yrty, di. dnc share debbie wasserman schultz reportedly made the error, so did the mayor of minneapolis. the wrong marty walsh told ""t
. >> meanwhile, on capitol hill it was the senate's turn to question hhs secretary kathleen sebelius. >> this is unacceptable. it has been disappointing to hear members of administration say they didn't see the problems coming. >> as someone who has fought and bled for this and who sincerely thinks it's going to work in the long run, i want you to hold them account, bun their fingers and make them pay. >> this is a false statement made to the american people that this...
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it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> the affordable care act and kathleen sebelius had a good day in a senate hearing. that's next. with the spark cash card from capital one, i get 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally someone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day. what's in your...
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a bust that kathleen sebelius saw coming, but backers saw coming as well. what were they thinking? to louisiana republican senator, david vitter still trying to figure that out and more. i was not encouraged. were you? >> no, a lot of promises but nothing changed in terms of reality. you have leading democratic senators like max baucus going after her, this is serious. it should be. this roll out this product is a bust. neil: have any of your colleagues gone to say, particularly the democratic ones, all right, you are the reason, you have to go? several republicans including me have said that, i don't think any democrats have said. but you are seeing some khinks in thagin the armor. neil: do you think this thing, as we know it, the it is dead?al out, prohibited prices for folks, a lot of folks who are switching, it is not wit ready r primetime, they will start over or democrats fighting tooth and nail? >> well, i would certainly not say it is clear that it's either dead or up for major revisions, there is a lot of rhetoric, talk and promises, but no major changes to the law, the le
a bust that kathleen sebelius saw coming, but backers saw coming as well. what were they thinking? to louisiana republican senator, david vitter still trying to figure that out and more. i was not encouraged. were you? >> no, a lot of promises but nothing changed in terms of reality. you have leading democratic senators like max baucus going after her, this is serious. it should be. this roll out this product is a bust. neil: have any of your colleagues gone to say, particularly the...
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lou: secretary kathleen sebelius acknowledging that the early enrollment figures for obamacare which is scheduled to be released next week, will be very low. fox is reporting a relatively new provision in obamacare opening up the medicaid program to even more fraud. that according to a new medicaid director which is raising concerns about section 2202 of the four well-kept and he says that that section expands hospital use of the honor system when caring for the uninsured who claim that they fall into certain medicaid categories. they later found that the patient does not qualify for public assistance in the state has been responsible and by the state we mean taxpayers. today marks the anniversary of president obama's reelection. the white house still has little if any reason to celebrate the first year of his second term. the president's down job approval rate in translating a 40% on par with george w. bush's rating in the fall of his fifth year in office. when he was reeling from the fallout of hurricane katrina. and on wall street today, stocks were mixed. the dow, a triple digit
lou: secretary kathleen sebelius acknowledging that the early enrollment figures for obamacare which is scheduled to be released next week, will be very low. fox is reporting a relatively new provision in obamacare opening up the medicaid program to even more fraud. that according to a new medicaid director which is raising concerns about section 2202 of the four well-kept and he says that that section expands hospital use of the honor system when caring for the uninsured who claim that they...
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. >> reporter: on chill health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was grilled about whether americans can keep their existing health plans. >> is it true or is it false, madame secretary? >> in your plan -- >> no more excuses. no more spin. just give us the truth. >> reporter: she admitted early enrollment numbers will be low. one person who was able to sign up, alaska senator, but he's still giving the white house grief. >> he's not returning my calls because i'm yelling eight him all the time on some of the issues. >> reporter: we learned the top technology officer at health and human services is quitting, stepping down from the job at the end of next week. it's not clear if that has to do with this troubled website. >> tracie potts in washington, thanks so much. >>> now to a bribery and prostitution stajcandal rockinge navy involved a foreign chashgt ter named fat leonard. they say a malaysian contractor gave the navy those goods in exchange for classified information. they say it helped his singapore company overbill the pentagon. >>> a georgia family is demanding to kno
. >> reporter: on chill health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was grilled about whether americans can keep their existing health plans. >> is it true or is it false, madame secretary? >> in your plan -- >> no more excuses. no more spin. just give us the truth. >> reporter: she admitted early enrollment numbers will be low. one person who was able to sign up, alaska senator, but he's still giving the white house grief. >> he's not returning my...
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for the second time, now, health secretary kathleen sebelius today faced a barrage of questions from congress over hundreds of problems with this new federal health care website. her testimony came hours after the chief technical official stepped down at the centers for medicare and medicaid services. his office oversaw the creation of the website. nbc's white house correspondent has more on all this tonight. >> reporter: on capitol hill and once again under fire. secretary sebelius this time taking heat for the president's promise if you like your health care plan you can keep it. >> is that statement on the white house website true? or is it false? >> sir, i think the statement -- >> is it true or false? >> this is a dishonesty. you've been misleading the american people. and the president has. >> this, to put it bluntly, is simply untrue. >> reporter: while more than 3 million americans who buy their own insurance have received cancellation letters. >> delaying the affordable care act wouldn't delay people's cancer or diabetes or parkinson's. so for millions of americans, delay is
for the second time, now, health secretary kathleen sebelius today faced a barrage of questions from congress over hundreds of problems with this new federal health care website. her testimony came hours after the chief technical official stepped down at the centers for medicare and medicaid services. his office oversaw the creation of the website. nbc's white house correspondent has more on all this tonight. >> reporter: on capitol hill and once again under fire. secretary sebelius this...
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you're already seeing kathleen sebelius say the numbers are going to be considerably lower. we know the first day of enrollment had six people. the question is how much can you tamp down -- do democrats in the white house need to work harder tamping down any expectations that anybody enrolled at all? >> if they have any expectations at all anymore. because there have been so many problems. i was just thinking as you showed that map, the white house is in this vicious cycle, it seems. so the supreme court said that states could opt out of being in the exchanges, right? so the red state governors do that. but the whole purpose of the law is to ensure the uninsured. the federal government had to set up something so the people who lived in those red states could sign up for health care because they are unlucky enough to live in a state like new york or washington, d.c. or california where if you go on healthcare.gov and go to your state that has an exchange, you click there, get signed up and everything. so the sites don't work for those states -- >> a cascade of disaster for a
you're already seeing kathleen sebelius say the numbers are going to be considerably lower. we know the first day of enrollment had six people. the question is how much can you tamp down -- do democrats in the white house need to work harder tamping down any expectations that anybody enrolled at all? >> if they have any expectations at all anymore. because there have been so many problems. i was just thinking as you showed that map, the white house is in this vicious cycle, it seems. so...
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that would be the headline except a new problem seems to have come up as kathleen sebelius returned to capitol hill for yet another grilling, this time a security risk to users. breanna keeler is following developments, live at the white house this morning. >> reporter: it was another damaging appearance on the hill for hhs secretary kathleen sebelius. as president obama headed to the lone star state, that's right, but not a coincidence that he was in texas where a republican governor has blocked the expansion of medicaid under the obama care law. >> it is wonderful to see all of you. >> reporter: texas, not exactly friendly territory for obama care. but that's where president obama went to criticize republican opposition to his signature health care reform program. and promised its faulty website will soon be up and running. >> we are working overtime to get this fixed. and the website is already better than it was at the beginning of october. and by the end of this month we anticipate it is going to be working the way it is supposed to. >> reporter: back in the hot seat again, embatt
that would be the headline except a new problem seems to have come up as kathleen sebelius returned to capitol hill for yet another grilling, this time a security risk to users. breanna keeler is following developments, live at the white house this morning. >> reporter: it was another damaging appearance on the hill for hhs secretary kathleen sebelius. as president obama headed to the lone star state, that's right, but not a coincidence that he was in texas where a republican governor has...
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today secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius told congress there were 200 flaws in the health care web site but she expects all will be fixed by the end of the month. three and a half million americans have been told that their health plans will be canceled because their plans don't meet the minimum requirements of obamacare. we asked wyatt andrews to look into that. >> reporter: karen defnall did not vote for the president and was not a fan of health care reform until she learned that obamacare could be a very good deal for her. >> i perceive this as a blessing and if it comes into fruition i'm very grateful for this. >> reporter: defnall, who runs a small day care in virginia, is about to lose her current policy with anthem health. her monthly premium now at $771 will go down under obamacare to $221 thanks to a federal subsidy. she also saves on out-of-pocket costs. defnall's current policy has limited coverage for preventative tests, pediatric care and the emergency room. but all of that is covered under the new law and could reduce her out-of-pocket costs around
today secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius told congress there were 200 flaws in the health care web site but she expects all will be fixed by the end of the month. three and a half million americans have been told that their health plans will be canceled because their plans don't meet the minimum requirements of obamacare. we asked wyatt andrews to look into that. >> reporter: karen defnall did not vote for the president and was not a fan of health care reform until...
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kathleen sebelius, the health and human services secretary, said even with web site problems, there's still "plenty of time" to enroll. we'll have highlights of her appearance later in the program. secretary of state john kerry scrambled today to revive stalled peace talks between israel and the palestinians. he met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and then palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the west bank town of bethlehem. and he said israel's settlement building is a major stumbling block. >> we consider now, and have always considered, the settlements to be illegitimate. and i want to make it extremely clear that at no time did the palestinians in any way agree as a matter of going back to the talks that they somehow condone or accept the settlements. >> woodruff: netanyahu answered by accusing the palestinians of creating "artificial crises" to avoid facing tough decisions. >> anxious scientisteds have foundest that yasser arafat may have died of poisoning. al jazeera reported on the swiss team's testing of soil and bone samples taken from arafat's grave. it sai
kathleen sebelius, the health and human services secretary, said even with web site problems, there's still "plenty of time" to enroll. we'll have highlights of her appearance later in the program. secretary of state john kerry scrambled today to revive stalled peace talks between israel and the palestinians. he met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and then palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the west bank town of bethlehem. and he said israel's settlement building...
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one lawmaker who questioned kathleen sebelius, pat toome and also mike lee. good to see you both. >> hi, sean. >> senator, were you happy with the answers you got today? >> i wasn't happy at all, sean. there were no good answers today. you know, i was focused on how blatantly the administration has broken really dishonest promises. they knew they couldn't deliver that everyone would have more affordable health care when the administration was forcing people to buy more expensive plans. they knew it was not true you could keep the insurance plan you had if you liked it especially if the reality was you would lose it if the administration didn't like it. finally it was never true ta you would be able to keep the doctor you have now because the new plan that the obama care forces you into might not work with the doctor of your choice. we demonstrated this. she had no good answers to the b problems. >> you can't keep your plan or your doctor. you have rate shock on top of it. it's costing way more than $900 p million. we have played it over and over. the presiden
one lawmaker who questioned kathleen sebelius, pat toome and also mike lee. good to see you both. >> hi, sean. >> senator, were you happy with the answers you got today? >> i wasn't happy at all, sean. there were no good answers today. you know, i was focused on how blatantly the administration has broken really dishonest promises. they knew they couldn't deliver that everyone would have more affordable health care when the administration was forcing people to buy more...
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the hits keep on coming for the health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. it died down a little bit. it felt like it but now gaining heat again on capitol hill. getting a tough grilling. what exactly happened there? >> well, she was pressed by senators throughout this hearing about the various problems with the website, the veracity of the president's comments when he said if you like your plarng you can keep it. republicans were accusing the administration of lying to the american people. at one point, the senator from north carolina was pressing sebelius on what the enrollment numbers will be like because of all the problems. and she acknowledged they won't be all that great. here's what she had to say. >> what is the october through the end of december target enrollment? >> senator, there are all kinds of different target enrollments. i think there was a memo internally that called for about a million people to be enrolled through december. but we're updating those targtss. i can tell you our early numbers will be very low. >> to give you a sense that pr
the hits keep on coming for the health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. it died down a little bit. it felt like it but now gaining heat again on capitol hill. getting a tough grilling. what exactly happened there? >> well, she was pressed by senators throughout this hearing about the various problems with the website, the veracity of the president's comments when he said if you like your plarng you can keep it. republicans were accusing the administration of lying to the...
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anyway, health secretary katr a kathleen sebelius got another grilling on capitol hill, this time from the senate finance committee. kansas senator pat roberts called for the former kansas senator to resign. >> your main goal should have been to protect them, but in your zeal to implement this wall, not warnings, not advice, not counsel would deter you from implementing the exchanges. you have said america should hold you accountable, which is why today, madame secretary, i repeat my request for you to resign. >> all right. one guy from kansas ripping into another lady from kansas. very interesting. and we got important possible trend coming up. state health commissioners are urging insurance companies to extend existing plans that are being killed by obama care. a lot of this is state insurance commissioners, too. but here's the rub -- the state health care exchange administrators in many cases are saying no. and other state insurance commissioners are making similar moves. you've got a revolt here of the bureaucrats. so far, very little evidence 6 insurance plan extensions for the si
anyway, health secretary katr a kathleen sebelius got another grilling on capitol hill, this time from the senate finance committee. kansas senator pat roberts called for the former kansas senator to resign. >> your main goal should have been to protect them, but in your zeal to implement this wall, not warnings, not advice, not counsel would deter you from implementing the exchanges. you have said america should hold you accountable, which is why today, madame secretary, i repeat my...
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. >> kathleen sebelius in front of congress, i'm sorry about the rollout on the web site. i was drunk and smoking crack. >> thing is he's not apologizing for anything. he's saying he's doing a great job. torontans are out of -- they can't get rid of him. no mechanism to get rid of him. >> beyond the amazing spectacle of all this, he says he's not an addict. but if he's having multiple drunken stupers while he's the mayor of this town, a great city by the way, not as if he's some small town mayor. >> churchill was blind drunk for most of the second world war. >> you walk into that house of commons any day of the week, they have a bar attached to the commons. it is not as if -- alcohol has been a lubricant for many political careers. i think toronto has a fantastic image. it had the most boring, tedious. >> i like toronto. it's a great city. >> it is a great city. >> the chamber of commerce doesn't feel that way. they are absolutely freaking out. it's giving them a really bad reputation. >> robert doolittle is a city hall reporter from the toronto star. soon-to-be released b
. >> kathleen sebelius in front of congress, i'm sorry about the rollout on the web site. i was drunk and smoking crack. >> thing is he's not apologizing for anything. he's saying he's doing a great job. torontans are out of -- they can't get rid of him. no mechanism to get rid of him. >> beyond the amazing spectacle of all this, he says he's not an addict. but if he's having multiple drunken stupers while he's the mayor of this town, a great city by the way, not as if he's...
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kathleen sebelius was grilled and rejected by partisan call postpone part of the law. >> delaying the affordable care act would not delay people's cancer or diabetes or parkinson's. delay is not an option. people's lives depend on this. >> tonight miss this. sebelius got uniquely rough treatment from three republicans, all of whom are either facing primary challenges or are worried about a primary challenge in 2014. taking heat for the president's promise if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. >> is that statement on the white house website true or is it false? >> sir, i think the statement is. >> is it true or false. this is a false statement made to the american people that this administration is consistently doubled down on and repeated time and time again and the only thing i can conclude is that it's impossible to do something in this administration that gets you fired. >> the wyoming senator faces a challenge from liz cheney and had these tough words for sebelius. >> henry ford said that customers could have his model t in any color they wanted as long as it was bla
kathleen sebelius was grilled and rejected by partisan call postpone part of the law. >> delaying the affordable care act would not delay people's cancer or diabetes or parkinson's. delay is not an option. people's lives depend on this. >> tonight miss this. sebelius got uniquely rough treatment from three republicans, all of whom are either facing primary challenges or are worried about a primary challenge in 2014. taking heat for the president's promise if you like your health...
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wednesday, senators got their chance to question health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. meanwhile, the president flew to texas where he called out the state's lawmakers for not taking full advantage of the affordable care act. >> one of the things that sometimes gets me a little trust rated although i understand it because i'm in politics is folks who are complaining about how the website's not working and why isn't obama fixing this and all of these people are uninsured and let, they're leaving a million people right now without health insurance that they could immediately fix. there's not a lot of logic. >> republican congressman from texas, michael burgess sits on the house energy and commerce committee. congressman, good to see you. >> good morning, craig. >> while they may not all live in your district, what do you say to the president's criticism that by not opting to expand medicaid, at least, not opting to expand medicaid 1 million people who could have insurance in texas, do not. >> let's get a couple of things out there first. medicaid will continue to exist i
wednesday, senators got their chance to question health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. meanwhile, the president flew to texas where he called out the state's lawmakers for not taking full advantage of the affordable care act. >> one of the things that sometimes gets me a little trust rated although i understand it because i'm in politics is folks who are complaining about how the website's not working and why isn't obama fixing this and all of these people are uninsured...
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sebelius' back. i think they just want to know that on this next round, their concerns have been heard and the problems get fixed. >> well, i think that if you're a democrat who is up for election in 2014 and you're not concerned about how this is going, you don't have your head screwed on right. i think there is a lot of nervousness on the hill and a lot of gleeful anticipation of this among republicans, and i think also, although there has been a lot of debate as to how much of a factor this was in virginia, a lot of people, even on the democratic side, have sneaking suspicion that this helped make that a close race. >> you think so? what's your take on this? do you think this had an effect in virginia, i think there's a lot of debate about that, and do you think this really could cause mary landrieu or any of these republicans -- i'm sorry, any of these democrats in purple maybe red-leaning states or maybe solid red states, to lose their jobs? >> i do, and there are a lot of them. i think the bigg
sebelius' back. i think they just want to know that on this next round, their concerns have been heard and the problems get fixed. >> well, i think that if you're a democrat who is up for election in 2014 and you're not concerned about how this is going, you don't have your head screwed on right. i think there is a lot of nervousness on the hill and a lot of gleeful anticipation of this among republicans, and i think also, although there has been a lot of debate as to how much of a factor...
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that is the message kathleen sebelius took to capitol hill yesterday. she had to do more than defend the law. she had to defend herself. >> your main goal should have been to protect americans to lessen their risk and ensure their safety, but in your zeal to implement this law, nothing would implement you from deterring the changes. you said america should hold you accountable, which is why to do, madam secretary, i repeat my request for you to resign. >> sebelius offered no resignation and fought off the call for a delay to the rollout of obamacare. >> some have asked why not delay implementation of the new law until all of the problems are fixed, and there's a pretty straight forward answer. delaying the affordable care act wouldn't delay people's cancer or diabetes or parkinson's. it didn't delay the need for mental health services or cholesterol screenings or prenatal care. delaying the affordable care act doesn't delay the foreclosure notices for families forced into bankruptcy by unpayable medical bills. >> the troubled health insurance rollout is
that is the message kathleen sebelius took to capitol hill yesterday. she had to do more than defend the law. she had to defend herself. >> your main goal should have been to protect americans to lessen their risk and ensure their safety, but in your zeal to implement this law, nothing would implement you from deterring the changes. you said america should hold you accountable, which is why to do, madam secretary, i repeat my request for you to resign. >> sebelius offered no...
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. >> reporter: back in the hot seat again, embattled health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius testified before a senate committee, conceding not many people have signed up. >> early enrollment be ins are going to be very low. >> reporter: republicans questioned the security of healthcare.gov and the screening of so-called navigators who help people enroll. >> so a convicted felon could be a navigator and could acquire sensitive personal information from an individual unbeknownst to them? >> that is possible. we have contracts with the organizations, and they have taken the responsibility to screen their individual navigators and make sure that they are sufficiently trained for the job. >> reporter: but it was this. >> why not shut down and do it right? >> reporter: criticism from chairman max baucus who voted for obama care that may have stung the most. for congressional democrats facing re-election next year, obama care has become a political liability. president obama invited 15 of them to the white house wednesday afternoon to address their concerns. meanwhile, the fallout
. >> reporter: back in the hot seat again, embattled health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius testified before a senate committee, conceding not many people have signed up. >> early enrollment be ins are going to be very low. >> reporter: republicans questioned the security of healthcare.gov and the screening of so-called navigators who help people enroll. >> so a convicted felon could be a navigator and could acquire sensitive personal information from an...
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he said, it was off the record, he said it on the record the other day, said i hope kathleen sebelius is up to handling the roll out of aca because right now i'm very concerned. this was last year. said i think next year is going to be really ugly. max baucus called it and he was scared a year ago this was going to happen. how did the administration allow this to happen? they were getting warnings. >> right. >> from capitol hill. >> well, it's a great question. we'll spend years doing the kind of post mortem on this. it count have gone any worse. it's not like the white house wasn't focused on it. for months they were saying, all year, this entire year they have been saying the most important thing the only thing that matters is getting the health care, the aca more broad but the roll out particularly right. they didn't get it right. but part of it is -- i think part of its difficulty is the way it was passed. because of the dysfunctional congress there was no chance and no one worked harder than senator baucus to find some republicans and make this a bipartisan -- susan collins and o
he said, it was off the record, he said it on the record the other day, said i hope kathleen sebelius is up to handling the roll out of aca because right now i'm very concerned. this was last year. said i think next year is going to be really ugly. max baucus called it and he was scared a year ago this was going to happen. how did the administration allow this to happen? they were getting warnings. >> right. >> from capitol hill. >> well, it's a great question. we'll spend...